Fault Diagnosis of the Wind Turbine Main Bearing through Multifractal Theory

Quan Gu; Chang Zheng Chen; Xiang Jun Kong; Xian Ming Sun; Bo Zhou; Yan Ling Gu

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.644.337

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Fault Diagnosis of the Wind Turbine Main Bearing through Multifractal Theory

Abstract:

Because the vibration signals of faulty wind turbine are non-linear and non-stationary, to obtain the obvious fault features become difficult. In this study, the incipient fault of the main bearing used in large scale wind turbine is studied by using a multifractal method based on the Wavelet Modulus Maxima (WTMM) method. The real vibration signals from the main bearings are analyzed using the multifractal spectrum. The spectrum of the vibration signals is quantified by spectral characteristics including its range and the Hölder exponent corresponding to the maximum dimension. The results show that the range of Hölder exponent of the main bearing which worked normally is much narrower. While the ranges of the vibration signals of the main bearing with incipient fault are wider. We also found that the fault features are different at various wind turbine rotational frequencies. Those demonstrate that the incipient fault features of main bearing of large scale wind turbine can be extract effectively using the multifractal spectrum obtained from WTMM method.